Darkwood in the Maia Song Contest

Darkwood debuted in the first edition of the Maia Song Contest, held in Björnska. They have participated in every edition since with varying degrees of success. Currently, their best result is in Maia Song Contest 3, when Halsey placed 4th. Other top five placements include Mariette Hansson in Maia Song Contest 1 and Christina Perri in Maia Song Contest 4, who both placed 5th. They've also placed 6th with W. Darling in Maia Song Contest 17 and 10th with Owl Eyes in Maia Song Contest 8.

Darkwood has failed to qualify to the final on 9 occasions: #6, #7, #11 through #16 and #19.

Their worst result in the final was #18, where they came last, and their worst result overall came from #7, placing 21st in the semi final. Due to the eventual MBU rules placed limiting the number of participating countries, they may never be able to have a result worse than this.

Maia Song Contest 1
For the first edition of the Maia Song Contest, the Gloom Broadcasting Network introduced a preselection titled A Song for Darkwood. Hundreds of entries were submitted and the top ten chosen by a large, professional jury were selected as competitors. The contest followed an abnormal voting method that has not been seen since in any Maia Song Contest related event. Every country had a jury of ten members that gave a 0-10 rating to each song. Those ratings were collected and averaged in order to get each jury's final scores.

The hot favorite to win the preselection was singer-songwriter Halsey, who entered with her song "Colors". However, on the night of the show, the voting was incredibly close, and in the end Halsey was placed 2nd behind Mariette Hansson and her song "Don't Stop Believing" by only one point.

At the Maia Song Contest, semi finals had not been introduced yet, thus, there was only a single show, the final. Darkwood placed 5th out of 24 countries.

Gloom comedian Leslie Hall appeared as Darkwood's spokesperson during the voting, while performer Zoë gave the television commentary.



Maia Song Contest 2
After the country's success in the first contest, the broadcaster considered bringing back a second edition of their preselection, however, in the end, this was decided against, and Darkwood went internal for this edition.

The broadcaster selected pop singer Kylie Minogue for the contest. Minogue is the most famous singer of the country, and is often dubbed "The Queen of Darkwood" by her many fans. She has acquired numerous hits in Darkwood, and in the end, her song "Get Outta My Way" was selected as Darkwood's entry into Maia Song Contest 2.

Since Mariette placed within the top 5 of the previous edition, Darkwood was automatically qualified to the final and did not have to go through the newly introduced semis. They voted in the second semi final.

In the final, Darkwood placed 22nd out of 25 countries.

Viral social media star Amanda Romuche presented Darkwood's votes during the show, and Zoë returned to give television commentary for another edition.



Maia Song Contest 3
Following the unfavorable result of the previous edition, Darkwood would have to go through the semi finals for the first time. Once again, the return of the preselection had been considered, but was still struck down. Instead, the broadcaster decided once again to go internal.

After much consideration, the GMBN made an unexpected decision and chose singer Halsey as their performer with her song "Colors", which had previously been entered into Darkwood's preselection for first edition, where it came second. Halsey was very enthusiastic about her participation, and continuously promoted her song through social media, as well as many performances at various MSC promo events and concerts.

At the contest, Darkwood was drawn to perform in the second semi final. At the end of the show, Darkwood was announced as one of the ten qualifiers, and it was later revealed that they had placed 2nd with 115 points, one point behind Lazanistan.

In the final, Darkwood placed 4th out of 25 countries, which remains Darkwood's best result to date. Former MSC performer Mariette appeared to deliver Darkwood's votes, and Zoë marked her third edition as the television commentator.



Maia Song Contest 4
For the fourth edition of the contest, Darkwood once again went internal, and the broadcaster made several teasers for Darkwood's entrant into the contest.

During the lead up to the contest, it was revealed that singer-songwriter Christina Perri would represent Darkwood in Maia Song Contest 4. It was also announced that she would perform her power ballad "Human". Like her predecessor Halsey, Perri heavily promoted her song. She appeared in several promo concerts across Maia, and built up a large fan base for her entry.

In the contest, Darkwood was automatically qualified to the final due to Halsey's success in the previous edition. They voted in the second semi final.

In the final, Darkwood, placed 5th out of 25 countries. This was the second edition in a row and the last to date that Darkwood was in the top 5 countries. Gloom politician Disbitch Whatsernam presented Darkwood's votes, and Zoë once again gave television commentary, this time alongside former Gloom entrant Mariette Hansson.



Maia Song Contest 5
After much consideration, the GMBN decided to bring back their preselection event, A Song for Darkwood. This was the first time since the first edition that the selection was used.

Eight songs competed in A Song for Darkwood 2. The favorite to win was The Hardkiss, who had previously represented Arkaystia in the contest, with their song "Rain". At the show, it was announced that Lora had won with her song "Ne impotrivim", sung in Romanian, with The Hardkiss coming 2nd.

At the contest, Darkwood was automatically qualified to the final. Lora placed 24th out of 25 countries, Darkwood's worst result at the time.

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Voting history
As of edition #12, Darkwood's voting history is as follows: